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come into the City from other parts,*in many instances (81) from abroad.
These latter were chiefly in St. Georgeper cent.s and Westminster Unions, as
the following particulars show:—
Mr. Elkerton, the Vaccination Officer of St. Georgeper cent.s Union, noted
that 603 of the children vaccinated in 1902 were born in other districts
of England and Wales, while 38 were born abroad. In Westminster
Union Mr. Penfold found there were 79 and 41 children similarly circumstanced,
and in the Strand Union Mr. Hickman gives the numbers
as 98 and 2 respectively. The majority of these cases were discovered
during the inspection of children in schools. The complete return
showing how many of the children were vaccinated in 1901 is now
available. It is as follows:—

The large number of removals is largely due to the demolition of
houses in connection with the various improvements being carried out.
It is evident from the figures already quoted that while old residents
are leaving the city new ones are coming in from other parts to occupy
the dwellings lately erected on the Millbank site and elsewhere.
Examination of Children at Schools.—The School Board for London,
on September 23rd, 1901, in reply to a letter from the Local Government
Board and to letters from other public bodies, passed the following
resolution:—
"That facilities be given to the Public Vaccination Officers of the
Metropolis, on the application of the Proper Local Authority
(i.e., Borough Council) to enter the schools in infected areas for
the purpose of examining the arms of the children, with a view
to advising the parents to allow their children to be vaccinated;
providing that the School Board issues a circular to the parents
of the children asking if they have any objection to this exami-
*See statistics on this point under "Housing," p. 76.
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